The buzz: “The Beatles saved the world from boredom. Can a cutting-edge technology – RPA –do the same for the workplace and take the robot out of the human?” (Xuan Liao www.forbes.com). Reality check: No matter how hard-working or efficient we are, there will be tasks we wish could be done automatically.

The buzz: “Gartner estimates that augmented analytics will grow at twice the rate of those that are not, and will deliver twice the business value. Analytics and BI leaders should begin planning…pilot projects and adoption.” (Jen Underwood, informationweek.com).

The buzz: “A baby learns to crawl, walk and then run. We are in the crawling stage when it comes to applying machine learning” (Dave Waters). True or false: Everything we need to function and thrive already exists, so innovation has slowed? False!